Sheffield Man Decapitated by Train In Farming Shipping Tragedy
Henry Storck 45, manager of Sheffield Farmers Shipping association, died Saturday when his truck stalled on Main Street crossing as a southbound M&St.L freight train crashed into hog-filled vehicle. Storck clung to the locomotive front before slipping under wheels. head and body found 250 yards away. Funeral Tuesday afternoon. survived by widow and six siblings.
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Courier
Sheffield
Henry Storck
Sheffield Farmers Shipping Association
Schaefer
Masonic Order
Storck
Joe H. Benson
Benson
Will
Charles
Otto
Charles Fredenburg
Rudolph Schaefer
Piper
August Storck
Collision in Charles City narrows road to wreck offers tense drive
A Ford sedan carrying Miss Eldie Grendeland and her parents was forced off the road east of Charles City by a speeding passing auto and rolled. Mrs Grendeland suffered a severe side injury while others escaped with minor bruises. The wreck, total car loss, occurred Sunday noon. the same report notes a Chickasaw farmhouse fire, a 5–0 Winneshick Giants win over Charles City Collegians, and various local notices including a funeral and church conference trips.
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Charles City
Eldie Grendeland
Calmar
Memorial Day Observed by La Porte K of P
La Porte K of P observed its annual memorial day with short services in the hall and 33 graves decorated at West View cemetery. Local notes report many community visits, travels, and family updates including relatives from Chicago Cedar Falls Waterloo Mason City and Minneapolis with health, travel, and study notes.
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Courier
la Porte City
Narcissus Lodge
EK. of P
K. of
Persis Carney
Greene
Gail Osborne
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
C A. Brust
Orre Brust
Mason City
Martha
Georgia Burmeister
Maude Frets
Des Moines
HH Boott
H. D. Beal
Cedar Falls
Grover Kahler
Essman Funeral Planned for Rural Church Near Dumont
Mrs. A Essman 74 died Saturday at her son Herman’s eight miles southwest of town after a week of illness. The Essman family settled on the Dumont area farm over 50 years ago and were charter members of the local Reformed church. Survived by sons John Fred and others on nearby Minnesota farms, services will be held from Fusslay church with burial in the family plot.
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Dumont
A. Essman
Herman
Reformed Church
John
Fred
Nee
Minnesota
Osage Woman Made Iowa Chairman of Wildlife Campaign
Mrs. F. May Tuttle was named state chairman for Iowa for the Ridgway Memorial fund by national chair H. C. Oberholser of the Biological Survey. The drive, backed by the American Ornithological Union, aims to buy Bud Haven, an 18 acre Ridgway home near Olney, Illinois, to create a wildlife refuge.
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Osage
F. May Tuttle
Iowa
Ridgway Memorial Fund
H. C. Oberholser
Biological Survey
Washington
American Ornithological Union
Bud Haven
Robert Ridgway
Olney
Ill
Entertain Family at Dinner Party for Newlyweds
Greene Ta June 20 Mr and Mrs James Skillen hosted a relatives dinner Sunday June 19 four miles west of town in honor of Mr and Mrs Frank Shultz married June 15 Mrs Skillen and Mrs Shultz are sisters O E S Dinner The second division of O E S met for dinner at Kessler hotel Friday evening A special meeting was held at Union hall Rally of Sunday School Hall s Grove held Sunday afternoon June 19 Rebekah Lodge met Saturday June 18 at Union lodge hall refreshments served by June division
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Greene, Ta
James Skillen
Frank Shultz
Skillen
Shultz
Kessler Hotel
Union Hall
Hall
S Grove Sunday School
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Union Lodge
Aged Independence Woman Dies After Illness
Matilda Boettcher about 75 died at home in Independence Iowa Sunday following a two week illness. She resided here 35 years, survived by daughter Miss Matilda Boettcher and son Gus Boettcher of Illinois. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m at home. burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Community events note Backbone Park Independence Day turnout and state trout hatchery visits. Independence Municipal Band directed by E W Raymond.
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Sam Williams
Coburn Chapler
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Grand Commandery
State of
Iowa
Matilda Boettcher
Gus Boettcher
Illinois
German Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove
Backbone Park
Backbone State Park
Richmond Springs
Independence Municipal Band
E. W. Raymond
Former Resident Buried at Hazleton
Oelwein Iowa June 20 Many from Oelwein attended the funeral of M. T. Riordan who died in Dubuque where he had made his home He had farmed in the Hazleton and Oelwein area and was well known George Wengert's truck was bumped off the highway near Hazleton by a Minnesota driver who tried to cut in The truck stayed upright and the Minnesotan paid for damages Great Western cranes gathered coal and old rails after a car broke down near Mutt tower Corn is doing well along Cedar Rapids Decorah line 80 percent planted 75 percent up knee high by Fourth of July Rollin J Cook and family visiting in the home of Judge Jay Cook Will Make Home Here Mrs R P Dailey came from Kansas City to join her husband at Great Western shops They will live at 126 Second Avenue Northeast Their son John W Dailey recently writing about lower Mississippi River for syndicate of newspapers is now in New Orleans handling flood news for Louisiana district A French violinist claims a varnish will reproduce the tone of famous old violins.
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A. H. Pruessner
Java
Frank Hart
LaCrosse
J. Alandre
Chicago
John Cahill
Chickasaw
Winneshick Giants
Charles City Collegians
Becker
Decorah
Radloff
Charges City
W. G. Moon
Greene
Graydon
W. R. Emerson
Houghton
N. Y
Wesleyan Methodist Churches
Silver
Colwell
Thomas Silver
Moon
Cedar Rapids
St. Cecelia Church
Anna
Mary
John
Arthur
Tim
Rock Island
Rollin J. Cook
Jay Cook
Rollin
Chevrolet Department
Genereal Motors Company
Flint
Mich
R. P. Dailey
Kansas City
Great Western
Second Avenue
John W. Dailey
Mississippi River
Holland
Germany
France
New Orleans
Louisiana
Cedar Falls
Reveilers
WEAF
New York City
John McCormick
Teachers College
McCormick
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
College Orchestra
Choral Society
Cleveland
Des Moines
Meryle C. Wellman
Clarence V. Scholl
New Brunswick
N. J
N. F. Reed
Elmer Nelson Owen
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Scholl
Ottumwa Hospital
University of Iowa
Columbia University
Red Cross
American Incubators, Inc
New
Funeral for Chicago Woman Set for Dike Wednesday
Cedar Falls Iowans report services for Mrs Christine Annie Jensen at 2 p m Wednesday at her daughter Mrs J J Theusen near Dike. Burial is planned in Fredsville cemetery. She died Sunday from pneumonia contracted during a visit to her daughter. Her home was in Chicago.
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Cedar Falls
Christine Annie Jensen
J. J. Theusen
Dike
Fredsville Cemetery
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A Lansing Michigan woman and a Ketchikan Alaska resident recount health improvements after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ads note widespread letters praising the product, grown roots and herbs, and a claim of over fifty years of use.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Bertha Meachan
N. Penn. Ave
Lansing
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marie K. Williams
Ketchikan
Alaska
Michigan
Maine
Oregon
Connecticut
California
Mullens-Mikes Marriage Service Read at Nashua
The marriage of Miss Rose Mikes Fredericksburg and Clark Mullens Cedar Falls was solemnized Saturday afternoon at Little Brown church near Nashua. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs Frank Mikes, the bride’s brother and sister-in-law. The couple will live in Cedar Falls where Mullens is employed by Viking Pump.
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Courier
Cedar Falls
Rose Mikes
Fredericksburg
Clark Mullens
Willam H. Mullens
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Frank Mikes
Mullens
Gedar Falls
Viking Pump Company
Clermont and Elgin Boys Severely Hurt in Auto Collision
Clermont Ia June 20 Injuries to Joe Miller 17 from a Sunday afternoon crash with Carl Schori Elgin 14 prevent doctors from assessing the extent of his injuries at his home. feared hipbone fracture. The Schori boy also injured and receiving care.
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Courier Special Service
Clermont
Joe Miller
Carl Schori
Elgin
Schori
Vacation Bible School Opens at St Ansgar Church
Daily vacation bible school of the M. church opened today with Mrs. QO Moore directing musical features. Teachers include Misses Esther and Edna Robertson Hazel Price Eyelah Sherman and Mrs Benton Moeller.
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St. Ansgar
Ija
Bible School
QO. H. Moore
Esther
Edna Robertson
Hazel Price
Eyelah
Sherman
Benton Moeller
Street Improvement at Allison Finished
Allison Iowa June 20 Special Asphalt surfacing on the gravel between the paving stretches on Main Street was completed last week. Contractor in charge was Jack Redmann representing Asphalt Maintenance company of Des Moines. It is thought the improvement will prove very satisfactory.
Family Party at Jesup Honors Nesfield Kin
A Sunday reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs E W Donaldson in Jesup, Ja honors C E Nesfield and his daughter Dorothy. Dinner was served and the Nesfields plan to return to Hitchcock on Wednesday.
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Jesup
Jesup, Ja
E. W. Donaldson
C.E. Nesfield
Dorothy
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Epworth League Institute
Wesleyan Tabernacle
la Porte K. of
Essman
Vureral Ae Obage
Anwar
Serine
Wild Life Campaign
John Novak
Nissen
le Rue
Edmund Vervaecke
Harcourt
Rock Township
O. E. S. Dinner
Independence
Altho
Hazleton
Oelwein
M. T. Riordan
Dubuque
George Wengert
Mutt Tower
John McCormack
School Board of District
Cedar Falls Township
Behrens
St. John’s Lutheran Church
William Behrens
H. W. Siefkes
Luther A. Richman
Charles Huckins
George Lamm
O. J. Graw
L. J. Pfieffer
F. B. Younkers
J. P. Christensen
Fairview
Kensington
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy Woolverton
J. W. Charles
Gollege Hill Park
Grant McCreery
Fred Stevens
Island Park
J. Q. Johnson
Oscar Opsal
Washington Park
W. E. Spohn
A. N. Simpson
Pleasantville
Christian Church
St. John’s
E. L
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
Hampton
Copperhead
State Teachers College
A. K. Wallace
Missoula
Mont
F. O. Smith
Ralph Beachley
Hagerstown
George Bates
Carrie Tabor
Waverly
Joseph A. Miller
Hans Ruddebeck
Willam Lawrence
Familly
Glenwood
Nels Nichols
Third Street West
Viggo Justensen
Ringsted
Askov
Minn
Otto Nielsen
Danish Nazareth
Coulter
Mr. Nielsen
Bernice Wallace
State Industrial School
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Alabama
William E. Wallace
College Hill
Lenora Arent
Badger
Humboldt County
Lydia B.pinkham
Buehler Bros
East Fourth St
Wes
ST. Ansgar Bible School
Allison
Connolly
Jefferson St
Auto Works
Duplex Duco
Herrick Family and Apartment
Sterling Co
Nichols & Gates
Waterloo China Co
Paul Davis
Davidson Co, Black’s
S. W. Harwick Furniture
Herrick
Merrick Alfricer
Herrick Commercial
Iowa Public Service CO
Herrick Refrigerator Co
Waterloo, Iowa
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